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A Glance at the Nation's Agency Workforce Staffing Services Statics

Reported by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare on Dec 11, 2009. (Go to the website of the MHLW )

1.Agency Workforce registered/employed... approximately 3,989,006 people *1 (up 4.6% from the previous year) Agency Workforce employed in conversion to full working day/full year, in terms of continuous employment throughout the year... approximately 1,983,336 people *2 (up 13.7% from the previous year) (1) Registered -Agency-Workers operations (RTS operations) *3 Continuously employed workers : 844,789 people (up 13.9% from the previous year) Registered but not continuously employed: 2,811,987 people (up 0.6% from the previous year) (The number of non-continuously employed workers in terms of continuous employment throughout the year) : 806,317 people (up 10.8% from the previous year)*2 (2) Employed-Agency-Workers operations (ETS operations) *4 Continuously employed workers : 332,230 people (up 20.9% from the previous year)

2.Clients....1,276,030 businesses (up 0.5% from the previous year) (1) RTS operations 1,177,188 businesses (down 1.3% from the previous year) (2) ETS operations 98.842 businesses (up 27.4% from the previous year)

3.Turnover....7,789.2 bn yen *1 (up 20.5% from the previous year) (1) RTS operations 6,015.1 bn. yen (up 19.8% from the previous year) (2) ETS operations 1,774.1 bn. yen (up 22.9% from the previous year)

4.Fees (for an eight-hour service) (1) RTS operations*3 16,348yen (Average) (up 16.5% from the previous year) (2) ETS operations*4 23,337yen (Average) (up 12.6% from the previous year)

5.Wage (for an eight-hour service) (1) RTS operations 11,254yen (Average) (up 18.0% from the previous year) (2) ETS operations 15,082yen (Average) (up 16.0% from the previous year)

6.Temp to Perm *5 (1) Number of Agency Workrs employed through all Agencys by temp to perm 58,762 (up 10.0% from the previous year) (2) Succeeded 37,901 (up 16.6% from the previous year)

*1
This figure represents the total of those employed and those registered in the RTS operations, plus those employed in the ETS operations.

*2
This figure includes the total of those employed continuously and excludes those registered but not employed continuously in the RTS operations, and includes those employed continuously in the ETS operations.

*3
The "registered-agency-workers operations (RTS operations)" are defined as operations by licenced businesses that are allowed to staff their clients with pre-registered workers.

*4
The "employed-agency-workers operations (ETS operations)" are defined as operations by registered businesses that staff their clients only with workers who are continuously employed by the agencys.

*5
Temp to perm is that Agency performs job placement for the Agency workers and a client.